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As China’s economy has grown, so has its international presence in a variety of areas, among which the military and security dimension is particularly important. This paper examines China’s increasingly important role both within Asia and at the global level by examining rhetoric, reality and perceptions.

For millennia, mankind has considered the devastating consequences of natural hazards as “acts of God” – a show of forces at play far beyond the possibility of intervention for humans. Dispelling this resilient myth is the core tenet of modern Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Disasters, theory says and massive evidence confirms, are not inevitable. Whilst the forces of nature are indeed largely beyond human control, a disaster happens when such forces – an earthquake, a cyclone, or massive flash flooding, for example – meet vulnerable population.

L’Europa ancora una volta avanza per necessità e non vede la necessità se non nella crisi, secondo il più citato degli insegnamenti di Jean Monnet. L’Unione Europea torna ad affidarsi a una filosofia bizzarramente marxista elaborata da liberali (l’economia determina la politica che condiziona la strategia), innestata su una sequenza rigorosamente cartesiana di trattati trascinati da un calendario.

The withdrawal of the United States combat troops from Iraq marks, in many ways, the end of an era. But as the saying goes: one door closes, another one opens. Where there’s an end, there’s a beginning. While the United States may currently digest the termination of their combat involvement in Mesopotamia, Iraq faces an important crossroad in its political development. It is thus the dawning of a new age for the country.